Varnish, paint, or waterproofing composition and process for making same



Patented Aug. 7, 1923'.

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is; F Fl C VARNISH, PAINT, 0E WATERPROOFING COMPOSITION. AND PROCESS FORMAKIN SAME.

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proofing Composition and Process for Making Same, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to the production of a product useful as a base forvarnishes,

paints or water proofing material and while it may be used directly forsome purposes it is generally intended to be mixed with difierentpigments, covering material, and the like for water proofing, paintingor varnishing purposes.

The object of my invention is to produce an exceptionally tenacious,firm and waterproof material which may be used in a great variety ofmixtures such as varnish, paint or water proofing.

An object of my invention is to provide a process wherein vegetable oilmay be poly; merized and oxidized and rendered nonsticky, tenacious,stable, and not readily decomposed after being applied as a paint,varnish or water proof material.

In carrying out my process while there may be various'materialssubstituted therefor I prefer to first mix With chinawood oil a quantityof pentoxide of phosphorus, preferably adding to one gallon of chinawoodoil approximately one-tenth of one per cent of pentoxide of phosphorus.To this mixture '1 add a previously mixed'liquid composed of linseed oilto which resin or rosin has been added. Preferably to 85/100 of a gallonof linseed oil I add 15/100 of the resin or rosin while heating thesame. The linseed oil mixture is then added, while hot, to the chinawoodoil mixture.

Unsaturated vegetable oil, especially chinawood oil, apparently ispolymerized by the action of the pentoxide of phosphorus andpolymerization continues upon mixing the entoxide and chinawood oil withthe heated inseed oil and its accompanying resin or rosin. The mixtureis preferably heated for some time to complete or further permitApplication filed October 19, 1922. Serial No. 595,881.

the polymerizing action to continue. The

mixture is then cooled.

The product obtained is a very tenacious and firm material and iscapable of a wide number of applications. A special advantage oradvantageous use of the same appears in its utility as a base. forvarnish, paint or water proofing material.

For the production of paint the mixture is diluted with suitable solventsuch as kerosene oil and mixed with a quantity of pigment of which anumber may be used. The paint produced thereby has very high resistanceto sunlight, moisture, alkali, chemical fumes and gases and is a markedimprovement over the paints ordinarily employed. I

The polymerized vegetable oil may be mixed with a great variety offillers, but preferably a resin or rosin should be used as stated. Therosin referred to may constitute ordinary ine tar rosin and the resinthe so called umar or cumarone resin product. Other fillers such aswaxes, as phalts, parafines, etc, may be used or may be mixed with resinor rosin mixture. My invention is therefore not limited to anyparticular materials or method of mixing since the same may be modifiedin a number of different ways without departing from the spirit of theinvention. My invention is of the scope set forth in the followingclaims:

I claim:

,1. In a process of making a base for varnish, paint or water proofingmaterial that step which comprises mixing unsaturated vegetable oil withpentoxide of phosphorus.

2. In a process of making a base for varnish, paint or water proofingmaterial that step which comprises mixing chinawood oil with pentoxideof phosphorus.

3. The process of producing a basefor varnish, paint or water proofingmaterial in which unsaturated vegetable oil is added to pentoxide ofphosphorus, linseed oil and. Cumar-are mixed and heated, and saidlinseed oil mixture is mixed with said vegetable oil mixture.

4. A process of preparing a base suitable nish, or water proofingmaterial in which for varnish, paint or water proofin materialunsaturated vegetable oil is polymerized inin which unsaturatedvegetable oil is mixed to a tenacious material and mixed with 10 withpentoxide of phosphorus and a filler Cumar. 5 is added thereto and theresultingmixture Signed at Los Angeles, California, this heated tocontinue the reaction. 31st day of Au ust 1922. v 5. A process ofpreparing a paint, var- EiREZ .M. STEWART.

